Boost your baby’s brain health and microbiome with healthy, delicious, homemade first foods! Complete nutrition guide and organic baby food cookbook made explicitly for baby’s gut health.
As parents, you possess great powers to help foster the growth of a healthy baby, starting with nourishing foods. In Brain Food for Your Baby, holistic health coach and registered nurse Leah Bodenbach offers a step-by-step nutritional guide to baby’s first foods along with 125 easy, brain-boosting, gut-healthy recipes for every age and stage. And the biggest perk of all is that you’ll be making your own homemade baby food, so you’ll know each and every ingredient your baby is eating.
More than just a cookbook, this book has parents covered with:
125 yummy, nutrient-dense recipes: Easy and tasty recipes, from bone broth and single-ingredient purées to toddler snacks and family meals everyone can enjoy
Foods for each age and stage: Nutritional and developmental guidance that follows your baby’s growing needs, including which foods to introduce and when
Gut-friendly food prep for baby: How to safely prepare fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, as well as grains, beans, legumes, and nuts for easy digestion and nutrient absorption
Intro to an infant’s microbiome: Learn how to maintain your baby’s microbiome to help their brain development as well as reduce their risk for allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases
Food allergies and intolerances: Information on which foods to avoid during the first year as well as advice on introducing new foods and common allergens
Organic food 101: How to shop organic on a budget, decipher the labels, and other low-toxin living tips
Hybrid feeding approach: Includes baby-led weaning recipes to develop baby’s motor skills, regulate their appetite, and encourage self-feeding
Tips to expand your baby’s palate: Advice for introducing superfoods as well as new flavors to help your baby develop an adventurous palate and a healthy relationship with food
Leah Bodenbach, RN, BSN, is a nurse, coach, and founder of Blooming Motherhood. After receiving her nursing degree in 2014, she worked in a hospital setting in neuro trauma, pediatric ICU, neonatal ICU, and postpartum. Simultaneously, she worked at a birthing center, assist-ing midwives in supporting moms and babies through natural labor and childbirth.She now specializes in reducing the risk of allergies and chronic health issues through first foods for littles. She is wildly passionate about teaching moms to nourish their little ones with intentional foods, as well as how to integrate holistic and modern medicine into their own daily rhythm. Leah resides in Missouri, with her husband, Trenton, and their five children. She loves relaxing in a hammock, working in her garden with her husband, cooking with her kids, dancing around the house, and hearing live music. You can sign up to work one-on-one with Leah at bloomingmotherhood.co for an individualized approach to first foods, or an integrative approach to wellness for your little one.
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Boost your baby’s brain health and microbiome with healthy, delicious, homemade first foods! Complete nutrition guide and organic baby food cookbook made explicitly for baby’s gut health.
As parents, you possess great powers to help foster the growth of a healthy baby, starting with nourishing foods. In Brain Food for Your Baby, holistic health coach and registered nurse Leah Bodenbach offers a step-by-step nutritional guide to baby’s first foods along with 125 easy, brain-boosting, gut-healthy recipes for every age and stage. And the biggest perk of all is that you’ll be making your own homemade baby food, so you’ll know each and every ingredient your baby is eating.
More than just a cookbook, this book has parents covered with:
125 yummy, nutrient-dense recipes: Easy and tasty recipes, from bone broth and single-ingredient purées to toddler snacks and family meals everyone can enjoy
Foods for each age and stage: Nutritional and developmental guidance that follows your baby’s growing needs, including which foods to introduce and when
Gut-friendly food prep for baby: How to safely prepare fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, as well as grains, beans, legumes, and nuts for easy digestion and nutrient absorption
Intro to an infant’s microbiome: Learn how to maintain your baby’s microbiome to help their brain development as well as reduce their risk for allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases
Food allergies and intolerances: Information on which foods to avoid during the first year as well as advice on introducing new foods and common allergens
Organic food 101: How to shop organic on a budget, decipher the labels, and other low-toxin living tips
Hybrid feeding approach: Includes baby-led weaning recipes to develop baby’s motor skills, regulate their appetite, and encourage self-feeding
Tips to expand your baby’s palate: Advice for introducing superfoods as well as new flavors to help your baby develop an adventurous palate and a healthy relationship with food
Author
Leah Bodenbach, RN, BSN, is a nurse, coach, and founder of Blooming Motherhood. After receiving her nursing degree in 2014, she worked in a hospital setting in neuro trauma, pediatric ICU, neonatal ICU, and postpartum. Simultaneously, she worked at a birthing center, assist-ing midwives in supporting moms and babies through natural labor and childbirth.She now specializes in reducing the risk of allergies and chronic health issues through first foods for littles. She is wildly passionate about teaching moms to nourish their little ones with intentional foods, as well as how to integrate holistic and modern medicine into their own daily rhythm. Leah resides in Missouri, with her husband, Trenton, and their five children. She loves relaxing in a hammock, working in her garden with her husband, cooking with her kids, dancing around the house, and hearing live music. You can sign up to work one-on-one with Leah at bloomingmotherhood.co for an individualized approach to first foods, or an integrative approach to wellness for your little one.
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